Client Agreement

PERSONAL CHEF SERVICE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

The PJ's Rice and Chef PJ is a small-scale catering and personal chef business made up of culinary professionals who provide in-home culinary services, education, and instruction.

We are not practicing nutritionists or registered dietitians. We prepare nutrient-dense, wholesome, and honest dishes for our clients, however we are not licensed to provide nutritional guidance or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. For any health concerns, please contact your physician or health-care professional.

It is recommended that you speak to your doctor prior to beginning any new dietary changes.

MENU APPROVALS:

We will send you an email with customized menu options for event for you to choose from. If desired, you may approve or deny certain items. We communicate the menu options and the approved menu through email. We appreciate approvals to be done 3 day(s) prior to your day of service by 6PM. We reserve the right to cancel our services for the cooking day if a response is not rendered. We do not approve menus over the phone due to any possible confusion or errors in the menu.

SHOPPING POLICY:

We provide personal chef services, however we do not provide personal shopping services outside of the scope of the approved menu for that week.

TIME FRAME / FIXED PRICE/HOURLY COSTS:

We will gladly work to meet your hourly requirements however we cannot guarantee how long a menu item will take. Fixed Price events will cannot guarantee how long a menu item will take. To help guide our clients who are seeking to stay within an hourly time-frame, we suggest keeping the menu quite simple (Three-course meal consisting of (1) appetizer, (1) main course with side, (1) desert for the event, etc) so that this reduces the hourly costs.

FOOD SAFETY:

As a company, we will cook, package, and label all food items in regard to food prep services. Food items will be cooked to required cooking temperatures to eliminate illness (unless instructed otherwise) and stored properly in your refrigerator.

The PJ's Rice and Chef PJ does not take responsibility after the food is taken over by the client. Proper handling of the food is turned over to the client once services are rendered. We will provide the client with reheating instructions for meal prep and personal chef services, however you are responsible for any problems that could occur due to improper storage/handling.

If a product is recalled, PJ's Rice LLC does not take responsibility for conditions that were unforeseen.

CHEF BREAKS POLICY:

The PJ's Rice and Chef PJ takes the health and wellness of our team very seriously. Due to long periods of standing, we allow our staff to take a full 15 minute break to eat their own packaged lunch, sit down,check messages, answer personal cell phones, or answer emails.We thank you for your understanding in the welfare of our staff. If you feel your PJs Rice chef has taken advantage of this policy please contact Pontius Joseph at your earliest convenience - 631-403-6152.

CANCELATION POLICY:

We appreciate your business and your courtesy of prompt notice. We require a minimum of 24 hours notice if you will be canceling your service for the day of event.

If you plan to travel for 1 week or more, we require 1 week (7 full days) in order to run our business efficiently.

If cancelation does occur without 48 hours notice, or 7 full days due to travel of 1 week, you will be billed $50.00. This is how we earn a living and we appreciate your prompt notice out of courtesy for our services. Certainly, exceptions do apply if an emergency occurs.

PAYMENT:

You will receive a bill via quickbooks to your email which will come from "PJ's Rice, LLC" as the sender.

We accept payment by credit card via chefpjnyc.com,cash, invoice issued from PJ's Rice or venmo 7 days before the event date of the generated invoice. By signing this agreement you agree to pay within this time frame.If you do not make a payment within 7 days before the event. We will notify client and 5 days before event we will not perform services. Furthermore you understand that an NSF check return (venmo) will be a an additional charge of $40.00. If legal action needs to take place to collect funds, you agree to to pay interest, cost levied by the bank, as well as attorney fees.